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(No Model.)

y B. R. HUGHES.

' TRAGE HOLDER.

No. 286,701. PatentedOot. 16, 1883.

FIGJ.

UNrrnn STATES ATENT OFFICE,

BENNIGTON R. HUGHES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS BRADFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

TRACE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION fortuin; part of Letters Patent N0. 286,701, dat-ed October 16, 1883.

(No model.

through the slot ofthe trace and afterward brought back into the rightangle position to Ithe pin outside the trace to hold the latter securely in connection with the pin, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accolnpan yin g drawings, which make a part of this specification, Figures l and 2 are top and edge views of the trace-holder B, the button C being in the position it assumes after the connection of the trace. Figs. 3 and -1L are similar views of a portion of the traceholder B, the button C being turned up to receive the trace. Fig. 5 is a face view of the under side of a portion of the trace-holder B, theA button C being turned. Fig. 6 is a face View of the inner side oi` the button C. Fig. 7 is an edge View of the button C detached from the holder.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the saine parts.

B represents the trace-h older, which is shown in the drawings of socket forln, to slip over the end of a Whiftletree, but may/it desirable, be made with a screw-stein and inserted in the end of the tree. v 4

C is a but-ton, which is provided with a tongue, c, that is connected with the head-pin l ofthe holder by means of the slot c and pin f, ,whereby it is adapted to be swung with its inner broad and iiat side against said head pin, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, preparatory to passing it and the pin through the slot of the trace. Afterward the button is brought into the position seen in Figs. l, 2, and 5 for holding the trace securely on the head-pin d, then in suoli position the outer side ofthe trace bearing against the inner and itat side of the button prevents the latter turning. The tongue c of the but-ton is provided with a stop, g, `which comes against the head-pin d of the holder, as seen in Fig. 5, as soon as the button assumes its right-angle position with the pin to arrest its movement. The button is cored out at the sides ofV the tongue e, and the upper side of the pin or shank d is reduced beloiv the edges of the cheeks at the sides of the slot e, whereby to admit of the button and pin or shank d when the button is turned upon the latter, passing through as narrow a slot in the trace as possible.v f

I claim as my invention- In a trace-holder, the button C, having a tongue, c, in combination with the slotted headpin d, by ineans of the pin f, whereby the button is adapted to be turned with its broad flat side against the side of said head-pin for its passage through the slot of the trace and afterward brought to the position at right angles to thehead-pin, with the stop g 'of the tongue c resting against the end of the pin, Whereby the inner ilat surface of the button is held fairly against the outer fiat surface of the trace, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

BENNINGTON It. HUGHES.

lVitnesses:

THoMAs J. BEWLEY, STEPHEN Usrioii. 

